Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Coalman, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Coalman registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Joseph Coalman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Coalman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sol his X mark Blakman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Coalmans elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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